1998 Rosenblum Cellars Zinfandel Harris Kratka Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (1)

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View forceberry's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/1/2023 - forceberry wrote: flawed

  A blend of Zinfandel (78%) and Carignan (22%) from the 7-hectare (17-acre) Harris Kratka Vineyard located at the southern end of Alexander Valley. 14,8% alcohol.
  
  Quite deep, dark and only slightly translucent black cherry color with a subtly evolved dried-blood hue towards the rim. The nose feels dull, somewhat dusty and a bit unclean with understated, vaguely musty aromas of damp moss, dry and dusty attic and a little bit of decomposing wood. The wine feels silky, ripe and sweet-toned on the palate with a full body and remarkably understated flavors of ripe, sweet dark berries, some earthy tones and a little bit of dusty attic. The alcohol shows quite a bit due to the lack of flavors, making the mouthfeel quite hot. The wine is medium in acidity with moderately grippy medium-plus tannins. The finish is short, quite grippy and rather dull with flavors of dusty earth and some damp moss.
  
  As the wine felt dull and somewhat unclean, lacking all the fruit flavors, we felt that the wine was just very mildly corked. It didn't exhibit any obvious TCA aromas, but the wine was so dull, understated and so very unlike any other bottle of Rosenblum we tasted that we agreed it wasn't in proper condition. 31€ down the drain.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.